The Statistical Anomaly of Brokemia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Markopsis Banfeld with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 17.224 billion Brokemians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brokenstar. The average income tax rate is 91.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Brokemian economy, worth a remarkable 5,109 trillion Waffles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 296,658 Waffles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, popular political cartoonists are thrown in jail for inciting dissent, Brokemian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, and top-shelf magazines feature risqué centrefold spreads of ladies' wrists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brokemia's national animal is the Kitty, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kittien.

Brokemia is ranked 278,379^th in the world and 10,404^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 5.75 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.